Grade 6

Assessment of Reading, Writing and Mathematics, Junior Division

Mathematics
SPRING 2010
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Mathematics Section 1

Grade 6, Spring 2010

Mathematics

1 Zach lives in a city with a population of

ninety-two thousand forty-seven. Which number below represents the population of this city? a 9247 b 92 470 c 92 047 d 920 047

4 Which parallelogram has an area of 24 m2

and a perimeter of 28 m? a
6m 3m 8m

b
5m 4m

6m

2 Emily makes a table of values using the

following rule: Start with 2 and add 3 to get the next term.
Term number
1

c
7m 4m

7m

Term
2

d
5m 4m

7m

Which ordered pair belongs in her table of values? a (4, 8) b (4, 9) c (4, 11) d (4, 14)

5 A number divided by 58 is close to 30.

Which of the following could be this number? a 18.43 b 184.3 c 1843 d 18 430

3 Enrico pours 80 L of water into 200 mL cups.

If he fills the cups completely, how many cups does he fill? a 250 b 400 c 2500 d 4000

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6 Shape P is reflected across the dotted line and

then rotated 908 clockwise.

Shape P

Which shape in the diagram below is an image of Shape P after these two transformations?

Shape 1

Shape 2

Shape 4

Shape 3

a Shape 1 b Shape 2 c Shape 3 d Shape 4

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7 Sydney makes the figure below with 6 linking cubes.

Top

Front

Side

Draw a top, a front and a side view of Sydneys figure on the grid below.
Top View Front View Side View

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8 Consider the fractions shown below.

3 , 18 , 15 , 75
4 25 20 100

Which fractions represent equal values? Justify your answer.

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9 Eric and Todd take 4 science tests. The table below shows Erics 4 scores and 2 of Todds scores.

Science Test Scores Student Eric Todd Test 1 86 Test 2 79 85 Test 3 85 Test 4 82 89 Mean test score

Todds mean for the four tests is five points higher than Erics. Complete the table above by entering Todds mean test score and possible scores for his Test 1 and Test 3. Justify your answers.

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a0 Determine the area of the unshaded part of the rectangle below. Use a ruler.

Justify your answer.

The area of the unshaded part of the rectangle is ___________.

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aa Ten students in Mr. Smiths class record their

height and the length of their feet. The graph below displays these data.
Students in Mr. Smiths Class

as The faces on a fair number cube are labelled

1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. Steven rolls the number cube 48 times. How many times should Steven expect to roll a 3? a 3 b 8 c 16 d 24

160 158
Height (cm)

156 154 152 150 148 0 16 18 20 22 24 26 28

Length of feet (cm) Key represents a boy represents a girl

Which conclusion can be drawn from the data? a A boy has the longest feet. b A girl has the smallest feet. c Taller students tend to have smaller feet. d Shorter students tend to have smaller feet.

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ad Mr. Christy records the number of sit-ups

the students in his class can do in one minute. The table below shows the results for 8 students.
Mr. Christys Class Name Caleb Mireille Jochen Pavel Abdul Sebastian Marina Yusef Number of sit-ups 23 34 43 22 43 32 23 33

af Look at the equation below.

y4z59 Which values of y and z do not make the equation true? a y 5 27; z 5 3 b y 5 54; z 5 6 c y 5 63; z 5 7 d y 5 72; z 5 9

The table below shows the widths and heights

of 5 towers made of blocks.
Tower Building Width (number of blocks) 3 5 7 9 11 Height (number of blocks) 2 5 8 11 14

Which stem-and-leaf plot displays the same data? a

Number of Sit-ups Leaf Stem 2 3 4 2 3 2 2 3 4 4 4

Tower 1 2 3 4 5

Number of Sit-ups Stem Leaf 2 3 4 2 3 2 3 4 3

If the towers continue to be built using the same pattern, for which tower will the difference between the width and the height be 7 blocks? a Tower 7 b Tower 8 c Tower 9 d Tower 10

Number of Sit-ups Leaf Stem 2 3 4 2 3 3 3 3 4 3 4

d Number of Sit-ups
Stem 2 3 4 Leaf 2 3 3 2 3 4 3 3

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ah Polygon PQRT is rotated 90 clockwise about

Point Q. What are the new coordinates of Point R after this rotation? y
12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

ak Which angle appears to measure 140?

a

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

a (6, 7) b (7, 6) c (11, 2) d (11, 6)

aj A polygon has 4 sides. Two of the sides are

parallel and two are not. What shape is the polygon? a square b rhombus c trapezoid d parallelogram

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Mathematics Section 2

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al Which unit of measure is most appropriate to

describe the length of a page in a textbook? a centimetre b kilometre c metre d millimetre

ss Look at the two parallelograms below.

2 cm 2 cm

18 cm

s0 The 4 arrows below repeat in this order to

make a pattern.
14 cm

Which arrow is the 74th term? a

What is the minimum number of small parallelograms needed to cover the larger parallelogram completely? a 16 b 63 c 126 d 252

s Which operation is a correct first step to

simplify the expression below? a 2 1 1 b 5 2 3 c 10 4 5 d 44 1 10 44 1 10 4 5 2 3 3 2 1 1

sa Which is equivalent to 1 m2?

a 10 cm2 b 100 cm2 c 1000 cm2 d 10 000 cm2

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s A turkey weighs 9.75 kilograms. It takes about

20 minutes to cook 500 grams of this turkey. Approximately how many minutes does it take to cook the whole turkey? a 39 b 74 c 390 d 488

s Sara draws shaded squares on separate pieces

of paper. The areas of the first three shaded squares are shown below.

Area = 144 cm2

1st square

Area = 72 cm2

2nd square

Area = 36 cm2

3rd square

If this pattern continues, what will the area of the 6th shaded square be? a 2.25 cm2 b 4.5 cm2 c 9 cm2 d 18 cm2
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s The table below shows the number of pennies Anne places in a jar each day.
The pattern continues. Complete the table for Days 5 and 6.
Annes Jar Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 Number of pennies placed in the jar 1 2 4 8

On what day will Anne place 1024 pennies in her jar? Justify your answer.

Anne will place 1024 pennies in her jar on Day ____.

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s Farzad puts the following 10 cards into a bag.

A S S E S S M E N T
Farzad randomly selects one card, records the result and puts the card back into the bag. If he does this 500 times, how many times is it likely that he will select a card with a vowel (A, E, I, O, U)? Justify your answer.

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s The rates for Internet use offered by three companies are shown below.
Company A: $6.00 for every 90 minutes of use Company B: $2.75 for every 45 minutes of use Company C: $3.00 for every 60 minutes of use Which company offers the lowest rate per minute? Show your work.

Company ______ offers the lowest rate per minute.

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s The diagram below shows a square that was moved by a transformation from position A to position B.

Describe three different ways to move the square from position A to position B. Each way should use a different type of transformation. Remember to include the mirror lines or the centre of rotation on the grid. Complete the following chart.
Type of Transformation Description

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d0 Consider the following pattern rule.

Triple each term to get the next term. Which pattern matches this rule? a 0, 3, 6, 9, 12 b 0, 3, 9, 27, 81 c 1, 3, 9, 27, 81 d 1, 4, 7, 10, 13

Look at the parallelogram below.

13

5 cm 25 cm

Dylan wants to split the parallelogram into two congruent triangles. Which expression can he use to find the area, in square centimetres, of each triangle? a (25 3 5) 4 2 b (25 3 5) 3 2 c (25 3 13) 4 2 d (25 3 13) 3 2

cm

da Amirs class has 24 students. There are 15 boys

in the class. Which of the following represents the ratio of girls to boys? a 24:9 b 9:24 c 5:3 d 3:5

d Chris, Paul and Carla share the cost of

renting a video game. Chris pays 0.4 of the cost. Paul pays 36% of the cost. Carla pays the remainder of the cost. What fraction of the cost does Carla pay? a 6 b
25 9 25 25 25

ds Mr. Prices class collects a total of 1943

pennies over a period of 4 weeks. Samantha brings 125 pennies each week. Approximately what percent of the total number of pennies collected does Samantha bring? a 10% b 25% c 50% d 75%

c 19 d 24

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The spinner below has 10 equal sections.

Which bar graph represents the same data? a

Number of students 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 5 6 7 Grade 8 Students Riding the Bus

Green

Red

Blue
Yellow Green
Yellow Green

Blue
Green

Blue

b On which colour will the arrow land with a probability of 0.2? a red b blue c green d yellow
Number of students 12 10 8 6 4 2 0

Students Riding the Bus

6 7 Grade

The pictograph below shows the number of

students who ride the bus to school.
Students Riding the Bus Grade 5 6 7 8 Number of students XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXX Key Each X represents 5 students.

c
Number of students 60 50 40 30 20 10 0

Students Riding the Bus

6 7 Grade

d
Number of students 60 50 40 30 20 10 0

Students Riding the Bus

6 7 Grade

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